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Coggy's Catch Up........

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coggy · 12/01/2007 19:38

It seems FOREVER ago that I was properly on MN and obssessively ttc!
Only 2 1/2 months ago but alot has happened in that time I expect (no.....sadly no bfp from me yet!!!)
I guess that Debbsy has had her Bibsy and maybe Peachy too......BooBoo next month.....lots of other BFPs??????
Natty, MrsMc and Trace have kept me with some of the news on here.

Here's a quick catch-up with me and what is happening.....
I am CD25 of a usual 26/27 day cycle with all the classic AF signs.....cramps, tiredness, wind etc. etc. (It's nice to be back!! )
I am starting IUI this next cycle so I am only a couple of days away from that and VERY excited and VERY nervous about jabbing myself too!
I figured as well as catching up with my old ttc buddies I could also moan and groan merrily away about it all on this thread and (hopefully) get a little bit of (much needed) sympathy at the same time!!!

I am SUCH a wimp really!!!!
Roll on CD1......

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Egg · 11/02/2008 18:39

Oooooooooooooooh I am so excited. I will find this next two weeks very long so no idea how it will feel for you. I am so crossing everything for you. If you get TWINS I will never stop grinning (I have month old DTs ).

trace2 · 11/02/2008 18:54

oh coggy i am so excited, i will be crossing every thing for you

manuka · 12/02/2008 08:01

Wow! this is going to be a 'hold your breath' fortnight for so many people!! I hope you've got lots of stuff to keep your mind occupied or you'l go mental!! I recommend those puzzle books where you have to find out bollocks like which person ate what cake on what day with whom etc. I love those books they're so absorbing and good brain exercise!!! Also keep upbeat so don't watch the news etc watch loads of Father Ted on tv on demand instead!!

LOTS OF SPECIAL HEARTFELT PRAYERS TO YOU AND YOUR CHAP!!! XXXXXX

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coggy · 12/02/2008 17:10

LOL manuka....I also love those logic puzzles....it drives DH mad though as he gets no sense out of me for hours!!!

Lots of TV, magazines and evn managed some baking today.

Only 13 1/4 days to go!!!!!

Egg...I didn't realise you had twins.
you never know, I may need to ask you for lots of advice!!!!!

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wannaBe · 20/02/2008 11:49

how are you coggy?

Egg · 21/02/2008 07:08

Coggy how is your two week wait going? Yes I have twins! They are now 6 weeks old today .

Would love love love to see you over on the multiples threads, but ANY ante natal thread would be fabulous .

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coggy · 21/02/2008 22:30

Unfortunatly I think it's nearly all over.

Having that all too familiar stomach ache on and off all day and been on serious knicker watching today!

Back to normal then there I guess!

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coggy · 21/02/2008 22:31

And I can't even spell properly!!!!!

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coggy · 21/02/2008 22:47

I wanted to paste this on another thread but it's not their fault that I'm feeling agro so I'll post it here instead and then it's out of my system without upsetting anyone unnecessarily!!!!

8 years seems a bl**dy long time to wait for something that you so desperately want I can tell you!!!!

Sorry...but after 8 years of TTC, one still birth at term, 6 cycles of clomid, 4 failed IUIs and what looks like a failed IVF attempt...as AF is arriving at any minute...I am feeling unsurprisingly sorry for myself!

Now I feel a bit better!

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artichokes · 21/02/2008 22:55

I am afraid I do not know your story but I could not ignore that post.

Of course you are feeling sorry for yourself. You have every right too. That sounds like an awful, awful lot to go through.

I hope luck comes your way very soon .

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coggy · 21/02/2008 23:01

I'm normally quite a cheerful person honestly!!

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Egg · 22/02/2008 07:36

Coggy, don't give up hope yet. I had excruciating AF pains for a few days before AF was due, and at least three or four weeks afterwards, and I got a positive pregnancy test and everything went ok (this was with the twins). I even worried when the pains stopped happening as they had become so regular for a few weeks. I remember on our ante natal thread that a lot of us did have them.

Remember, it aint over til the fat lady sings. Everything crossed that AF doesn't actually show.

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coggy · 22/02/2008 07:48

Thanks Egg...but I can't seem to believe that it can be anything but AF.
I really, really hope it will all be okay but at the moment I just feel horrid.

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Egg · 22/02/2008 08:01

Ah but it didn't appear overnight did it?!?!?! So that's one more night down. I seriously had worse AF pains when I WAS pg than I ever had when I wasn't. Esp if there are two burrowing in there it may well be why it is hurting [hopeful emoticon].

Keep us posted. I keep looking here to see what's going on. Do you go back on Monday for a test if no AF by then?

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coggy · 22/02/2008 08:10

I'm supposed to do my own test on Monday first thing but I thought that I would have tested tomorrow as I'm back to school on Monday and didn't want to do that just before going to work in case it was -ve.

Did you actually think that your AF was coming then?

I know that people often say that but I guess in all the years of ttc, that pain has only meant one thing!!!

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Egg · 22/02/2008 08:41

Must admit half of me was sure AF would not come despite the AF pains. However once I did get the positive result (made myself wait til 3 days after AF was due) I was absolutely convinced that I was about to start bleeding. I remember after finding out it was twins at a scan at 8 weeks (had small bit of bleeding hence early scan) about a week later I was in agony with AF type pains and was saying to DH "I know we're going to lose them" but they stayed stuck!

I guess as you KNOW the day the eggs went back in, that it is not too early to test tomorrow, and as you say, better than getting a negative on the morning of going back to school.

I didn't get a BFP until two weeks after AF was due with DS1 mind you (but I think I ovulated v late).

Egg · 22/02/2008 08:44

But forgot to say, I kind of had a feeling I was pg this second time round, but had not been trying so had no reason to think negatively, whereas with DS1 I felt negative every month. You have been through so much it must be impossible to think positively at this point when waiting for AF to not appear...

Hope you have something to keep you busy today! It's one of those days where you want to get horribly drunk so the day goes quickly but I guess that's out of the question for now!

wannaBe · 22/02/2008 13:25

oh coggy (((hugs)))).

It's ok to feel crap. It's ok to scream and to shout that it's not fair because it's not fair.

I'm not going to patronise you with the "it could be implantation" speech, because really it's just words.

But never forget that you are an amazing person who deserves all the happyness and luck in the world.

You are an inspirational person coggy and you must never forget that. , and if it hasn't happened for you this time then I firmly believe that this isn't the end.

I am keeping everything crossed that you get that positive result, and that af doesn't show, and if there is such a thing as the power of positive thought, then that positive thought is headed in your direction.

You know where I am if you need to talk/scream/shout/anything

xx

manuka · 22/02/2008 13:55

I was thinking about you the other day and wondered how you were and if you'd get AWFUL period pains around now. I remember having my usual crippling period pains and thinking well I'm def not pregnant this month (cos hadn't had proper periods for a few months at that time) and took day off work to feel sorry for myself and eat delicious junk food and watch films but no period happened. Forgot about it for a few days cos so busy with work and then realised no period had happened but again wasn't hopeful cos of lack of proper periods but did a test at 2am on my own and couldn't believe it when I saw TWO blue lines!!!

I SO HOPE you are having the same experience because YOU REALLY DESERVE THIS!!
Everything's crossed for you lovely Coggy xxxx

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coggy · 22/02/2008 15:04

I think it's all over now really.
Did a test this morning and got a -ve.
Just starting spotting which is the beginning of AF.

I wish it wasn't but I'm guessing there's no point trying to persuade myself otherwise now.

Thanks wannaBe.
That all made me

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Egg · 22/02/2008 15:16

Oh god was just feeling a bit teary at wannabe's lovely post and then read your last one coggy. Is it any more than spotting yet? Am still not giving up hope...

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coggy · 22/02/2008 15:20

Not yet...but I'm afraid I have given up all hope.

Most unlike me but I suppose inside there probably is always that faint glimmer....but it's jolly hard ignoring AF cramps and the hpt!!!!

99.99999999999999999999% is dealing with it....not very well, but gradually coming to terms with it.

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Egg · 22/02/2008 15:23

Oh I ignored the negative test. Could really be too early. Spotting is more ominous but if only spotting it doesn't mean anything YET. Just put your feet up if you can, have a nice cup of tea and watch Escape to the Country with me.

Hope I dont sound flippant, I am so so hoping everything will work out for you. Please keep us posted if you can.

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coggy · 22/02/2008 15:25

Oh course I will......Escaping to the Country sounds good.....even better if it wasn't just on TV!!

I am slightly embarrased to say...but....I have a friend coming over to keep me company and do a jigsaw!!!!! (Desperate times and all that!!!!!)

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Egg · 22/02/2008 15:38

I love jigsaws. Might be little consolation but jigsaws are a perk of not having small children, have not been able to do one in a couple of years... I have tons of 1000 piece puzzles waiting to be put together. Got two more from inlaws at Christmas. They are gathering dust at mo.